SMME Support as of July 2020 SMME Support as of July 2020 What the Renewable Energy (IPP) Projects have contributed to the Small Medium Micro Enterprises in South Africa SuperUser Account / Wednesday, October 21, 2020 0 2716 Article rating: 5.0 The purpose of this presentation is to provide the information on what the Renewable Energy (IPP) Projects have contributed to the Small Medium Micro Enterprises in South Africa. Read more
AFRICOAST ENERGY LAUNCHED AFRICOAST ENERGY LAUNCHED SuperUser Account / Monday, April 13, 2015 0 56732 Article rating: 5.0 FOLLOWING significant growth in the renewable energy business, AfriCoast Engineers SA has developed a sister company to exapnd its vision. Read more
AFRICOAST ENGINEERS SA ESTABLISHES RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANY AFRICOAST ENGINEERS SA ESTABLISHES RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANY SuperUser Account / Thursday, February 12, 2015 0 53768 Article rating: 4.0 Renewable energy engineering firm AfiCoast Engineers SA has announced that a new company, AfriCoast Energy, will now be responsible for all future renewable energy projects - particulary wind and solar - while it will also play a key role in guiding AfriCoast Engineers' current basket of renewable energy projects. Read more
UCT scientists have found a stressed geological fault underneath the Karoo Basin SuperUser Account / Tuesday, July 7, 2026 0 2 Article rating: No rating Earth scientists at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT’s) Department of Geological Sciences have identified a hitherto unknown geological fault underneath the Karoo basin. This fault extends across the Karoo basin, running from west-northwest to east-southeast, at a depth varying from 2 km to 12 km. Moreover, this fault seems to be critically stressed, meaning that it can generate earthquakes. This discovery, published in the “Seismological Research Letters”, was made as a result of a study into a swarm of mainly small earthquakes (although one reached a magnitude of 4.8) located near Leeu Gamka, in the Western Cape province, and which started unexpectedly in 2007. So far, at least 66 of these earthquakes have been detected. These earthquakes were all entirely natural. Read more
Natural gas demand set for contraction this year, as tighter supply impacts prices – IEA SuperUser Account / Tuesday, July 7, 2026 0 2 Article rating: No rating The world’s gas consumption is forecast to drop for the third time in seven years, even as liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply from producers in other regions helps offset losses in the Middle East, the International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) gas market report for the third quarter indicates. The impacts of the war in the Middle East continue to reshape the global natural gas market, with tighter supply and elevated prices weighing on demand in key markets. Read more
MyCiTi’s first electric bus arrives in Cape Town; 37 more to follow SuperUser Account / Tuesday, July 7, 2026 0 7 Article rating: No rating MyCiTi’s first electric bus (e-bus) has arrived in Cape Town, where it will now be put to the test on the city’s most demanding public transport routes. The vehicle is a 12-m Volvo BZRLE battery-electric bus, and it is the first MyCiTi bus where the body has been designed in South Africa and manufactured locally. Read more
Opinion: South Africa’s steel debate is still too narrow SuperUser Account / Tuesday, July 7, 2026 0 7 Article rating: No rating In this article, South African Iron and Steel Institute secretary general Charles Dednam writes that South Africa must look beyond only the volumes of steel being imported into the country and should also consider how much of the country's manufacturing base is being displaced by imported goods made from steel elsewhere? Read more
Swedfund invests $5m more into TLG II impact fund to support SMEs SuperUser Account / Tuesday, July 7, 2026 0 7 Article rating: No rating Sweden development finance institution Swedfund is investing an additional $5-million in TLG Africa Growth Impact Fund II (TLG II) to further support the preservation and creation of decent jobs in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that otherwise struggle to access financing. SMEs play an important role in job creation and local economic growth across Africa, but often struggle to access loans that meet their needs. Many are viable and have the potential to grow, but need financing on terms that are sustainable with their expected growth. Read more